Many times in our lives, we value for success. But does that success always gets us the reward. Some successes proves to be punches and some are dragged towards its end. I guess the most pounding success is that event where you are given a chance without looking at your experience or background and you prove yourself worthy. How many bench players plays to their best of ability when given a chance? How about a coach has a game against the best opponent team and his best player gets injured. Having nood good choice, coach has puts one of his bench warmers, a rookie on the floor. In return this rookie who mostly warming the chair, gives his coach the astonishing victory. That's what I call "the punch". Its not seen very often but stands talls in everyone's stack of successes. 
Yesterday, what happened at Salt lake City, Utah. With the half of NBA season over, Cleveland Cavs proving their first rated calibre team playing against sloppy sliding Utah Jazz. Game is in 4th quarter and Jazz calls for 20-second timeout. Cavs leading 96-94 and five seconds left for game close. Its almost over for Jazz as their star players are burning the benches. Power forward Boozer is fouled out and point-guard Deron Williams sprained his right wrist. The rookie Sundiata Gaines enteres the game for Deron Williams. He had least minutes played amongst all his team-mates. Players comes on the court, pass is made. Ball goes to Ronny Prince (Jazz) and he tries to penetrate but end up in circling around himself but locates Gaines positioned behind the perimeter arc. Gaines collects the ball and now has the role of playing for his life. Every eyes inside the arena is lasered on him with 2 seconds left on shot clock. He leaps a jump, raising high above the opponent Anthony Parker's hands near his face and makes 26-footer 3-point shot just before clock hits eternal 0:00 count. He was racing against the shot clock, racing against his coach's expectation, racing against his life. He must not have realized that second he made a shot of his life time. The entire stadium errupted in joyous victory while he was fallen down in completing the shot. What a performance !!! Jazz winning by 1 point. Who is this punch gunner Sundiata Gaines?
Yesterday, what happened at Salt lake City, Utah. With the half of NBA season over, Cleveland Cavs proving their first rated calibre team playing against sloppy sliding Utah Jazz. Game is in 4th quarter and Jazz calls for 20-second timeout. Cavs leading 96-94 and five seconds left for game close. Its almost over for Jazz as their star players are burning the benches. Power forward Boozer is fouled out and point-guard Deron Williams sprained his right wrist. The rookie Sundiata Gaines enteres the game for Deron Williams. He had least minutes played amongst all his team-mates. Players comes on the court, pass is made. Ball goes to Ronny Prince (Jazz) and he tries to penetrate but end up in circling around himself but locates Gaines positioned behind the perimeter arc. Gaines collects the ball and now has the role of playing for his life. Every eyes inside the arena is lasered on him with 2 seconds left on shot clock. He leaps a jump, raising high above the opponent Anthony Parker's hands near his face and makes 26-footer 3-point shot just before clock hits eternal 0:00 count. He was racing against the shot clock, racing against his coach's expectation, racing against his life. He must not have realized that second he made a shot of his life time. The entire stadium errupted in joyous victory while he was fallen down in completing the shot. What a performance !!! Jazz winning by 1 point. Who is this punch gunner Sundiata Gaines?
- It was the first career 3-pointer for Gaines
- Rookie was just signed last week to a 10-day contract.
- He was playing only his fifth NBA game.
Not always experience counts or our age or maturity counts. What counts is the punch-line performance that Sundiata Gaines delivered at Energy Solutions Arena, home for Utah Jazz.
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